u/Jazzlike_Good_9525

I was in a car accident 4 days ago. I was driving inside a roundabout when a truck came into the roundabout, blowing through the yield sign, and hitting my car. After only a few minutes, I already was having some neck and shoulder pain, so I told police that I didn't need an ambulance but I'd be going to the emergency room to get it checked out right after the accident. So I went shortly after and my CT scan was normal, no spinal injuries or anything, just diagnosed with mild whiplash. So I was given some pain meds, muscle relaxers, and lidocaine patches for the next week or so. I was told the pain will get worse before it gets better, and I'd say it has but for some reason today the pain feels worse than it has the entire time. I think especially because I thought I was feeling better so this morning I got up and did a bunch of chores around the house before putting on my lidocaine patch and so I started hurting a lot, and nothing feels like it's helping. I'm also getting a bit nervous cause I'm seeing so many people say they continue to have symptoms and pain years later. I was told at the ER that if I'm still having pain and tingling after a week to go to an orthopedist, and I know looking stuff up a lot online is definitely probably not easing my anxiety lol, but is this going to be something I deal with a long time after this? It's especially frustrating because I live in Florida, a no-fault state, so despite the fact that this car accident was the other person's fault, she does not pay for my medical bills.